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1. S. WILLEY.

NECKTIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5. 191a.

Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

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J. S. WILLEY.

NEQKTIE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 5. I918.

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toxins. WILLEY, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE-I-IOLDER.

Specification'of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '7, 1919.

Application filedOctober 5, 1918.. Serial No. 257,027.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-knoWnthat I, JOHN S; WILLEY, a citizen ofthe United States, and resident of New York, in the county ofNew York and frame and when the tie and holder arelocated in the collar of the wearer the frame. is compressed and. the tube will automatically turn outwardxso'thatno bulge nor inconvenient strain is lodged againstthe neck or collar. The tube is carried by the free ends of the frame whichwork in and out of the tube as the frame. is compressed or relaxed and while the tube rotates. The holder may also beprovidedwith means for forcing the tie outwardand away from the chest of the wearer. s

These and other details and-objects ofthe invention are more fully. described in the following specification, set forth inthe appended claims andiillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front-view of a simple form of the improved. necktie holder partly in section and in its normalcondition.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to-Fig. 1 but with the tube compressed as when in use.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation.

Fig. 6 is a similar view with the holder and tube depressed; v V V Fig. 7 is a front View of a modified form ofholder with supporting yoke. for: the. tie.

Fig. 8 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 9 is a similar view of the holder in use.

Figs. 10 and 11 are views similar to Fig. 3 but showing the tube in various degrees of depression. .7 o

A serious objection to the use of the wire frame necktie holder without free ends separable to meet every pressure is that its resiliency is limited and bound as a ring and the strain put upon it eventually meets with resistance and the collaris not only distorted but made uncomfortable for the wearer.

In order to eliminate this objectionable feature the present invention comprises a single piece of wire with wings 10 extending from each'side of the lower depressed portionof the frame which has the loop '11 and each wing having return arms 12. from which project the wire ends 13, leaving the whole structure-free to yield in all directions to conform with the height of the 'collar folds or the tension of the tie held thereon.

The ends conform with an arc-shaped tube. 14 and extend therein freelyv and the latter may revolve on the ends 13 butnor- 'inally the arc is upward with a center below I thev collar button. I

The tie may be secured on the tube 1-4: as

a-four-in-hand or as a cravat tie, and when the loop at 11 is placed on thecollar button and the ,wingsdepressed so as to fit within the folds of the collar, the whole frame is under tension and the ends 13 are thrown downward, as in Figs. 3, 4, 10 and 11, and I where the tube 14 makes a quarter turn or more on the ends 13 and its center be on a horizontal line or above. the horizontal. In Fig. 4 the tube is shown concentric with the neck,.which is the preferred position-but in all cases where the tube is forced downward the ends leave the tubemore or less to conform with the pressure put upon the device.

Considerable bulk and thickness follows the location of the tie on the tube and if the same werea straight bar, a mass would result that would be very uncomfortable to the wearer, but as will be seen in Fig. 4 the concave nature of the tube removes this mass from the neck and no uncomfortable effect results. v

The resilient nature of the wings 10 and the arms 12 result in retaining the-holder in the collar 'whenthe loopllis lodged on the collar button so there is no danger of the tie becoming dislocated and the. arc-shaped frame'afiords comfort to the wearer.

There are occasions where, such as in the use of a soft shirt and collar, there is no rigidity in the latter and the same becomes distorted and uncomfortable. In this case the tie may be appropriately placed on the curved tube 14, as shown in Fig. 7 and the wings hung on hump hooks 15 attached to the band of the collar so that the erect shape ofsame may be preserved.

In this latter view the holder is shown provided with a yoke 16 so hung by its oblique eyes 17 as to be canted outward, as

not stretched, rumpled nor twisted and it may beproperly formed and adjusted on a pencil or rod and transferred to the tube in case the latter is used with or without the yoke, the ends 13 being removed from the tube 14 by the depression of the wings, and

' anew tube with a new tie inserted in the frame.

In this way any number of ties may be i kept in shape and simplyhave the tube 14 inserted when it is desired to wear anyone.

p The tie may also be adjusted on the tube asto present a new section in the front fold and thus prevent wear in one spot, lengthening the life of the tie in the collar, and it 7 need not be so adjusted as to be continually subject to wear in one spot by the stick pin being taken in and out daily. Nor is, the stick pin taken in or out where a tie is retained in form and slipped on or off the tube,

but only when a new section is exposed or, a

' new tie used.

As shown in Figs. 10 and 11 the pressure on the wings maybe suflicient to cause the complete reversal of the tube 14 and the same is possible if sufficient strain is put on the tie while on the bar. Inthe latter view the depression results in the withdrawal of the ends 13 to a considerable degree, as when used in a very low collar,"but the tendency of the ends is to always return the tube to the position of Fig. 1 when released.

It is apparent that for a very low wide spreading collar or fora very high collar to be used with a cravat or bow tie, 'the holder can be modified by having lower or higher wings in the adjustment of thetu'be to about the same height as the collar button.

7 It is obvious that the device may be otherwise modified or arranged without departing from the essentlal features above describedv or from the scope of the appended claims.

-VV-hat I claim'as new is:

1. In a neck tie holder, the combination of p a resilient frame having wings at each side,

the ends of the said wings terminating in a loop at the lower end of the frame and free ends at the upper part of the frame, and a tube to receive the free ends and permit of play therein.

' 2. In a neck tie holder, the combination with a frame having a loop at'its lower'end, of wings extending upward and outward frointhe same, arms extending inward and downward, ends to the arms an'dnormally extending toward ea-chother, andan arcshaped tube loosely carried on the ends. I

3. In a tie holder, the combination with a resilient frame, ofv a lower loop carrying section, upwardly and outwardly extending wings, and return members normally extending toward each other and having an are shaped tube loosely earned by the return members and inclosing the ends of" the same.

4. In a tie holder, the combination of a resilient frame comprising a lower end with a loop, lateral wings, return members with inward extensions, a tube loosely carried by the extensions and housing the same, and a yoke held normally in an inclined position.

5. In a tie holder, the combin'ationof a resilient frame, a loosely 1 mounted bar adapted to be depressed, wings'carrying the same extremitiesto the wings inserted in the bar, and a yoke mounted adjacent the bar so as to normally incline the same outward at its lower end. V

Signed'at New York, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, this 19th day of September,A. D. 1918.

JOHN s.- wiL- EY.

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